Russia's response to the US sanctions should increase the resilience of Russia’s economy, free it from dependence on the dollar, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.
"The time has come when we need to go from words to actions and get rid of the dollar as a means of mutual settlements, and look for other alternatives," he said in an interview with International Affairs magazine
"Thank God, this is happening, and we will speed up this work," in addition to taking other "retaliatory measures" in response to a growing list of U.S. sanctions, Ryabkov stressed.
